Ettaler Kloster Edel-Hell

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Ettal, Germany

Golden colour, small white head. Hoppy aroma with floral and fruity notes. The flavour is malty and hoppy with fruits and apples, slightly bitter finish. Medium-bodied.

Bottle 0,5 l. Golden, non existent head. Nose has hay, candy, herbs, flowers and some metal. Flavor is malty, kind of sweet with a hint of alcohol and hops. Some metal in flavor too. Full, not really refreshing, but full and stuffed with flavor. Good.

Bottled (BB 03/2010)
Golden yellow color, small vanishing white head. Grassy-herbal hoppy nose with sweetish maltyness. Honeyish, a bit buttery, herbal, some metal in the finish. Grassy and sweetish aftertaste. Low carbonation.

Bottled (from Alko, Vaasa). Deep goldeny orange colour with small foamy slightly off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, mild herbal notes as well as some slight buttery and hoppy notes. Flavour is sweet malts, some slight herbal notes, hops as well as some rather metallic notes in the finish. It would be very pleasant, if the metallic notes wouldn’t be there.

Orange to colden-coloured and clear beer. Thin white head is very fine-textured and creamy. The aroma has clean and quite sturdy maltiness with sweetish bread and some butter. Light and grassy hoppines. The falvor is malty, sweetish and very smooth. Light bitterness with a hint of herbal sharpness. Smooth palate is medium bodied and low carbonated. Overall a very drinkable lager.

Orange beer with light white head. Aroma is purely malty, grass, quite fresh and even slightly flowery. Falvour is malty and sweet, quite long and only hint of hops. Easy and nicely smooth to drink. Basic helles, quite sweet without surprises, but still quite refreshing and nice beer.

Pours a clear golden yellow pilsner color with a frothy foamy white head that lingers throughout. Crisp, yeasty aroma with very subtle hop notes. Crisp and carbonated up front followed by smooth watered down center and a dry hop finish. Easy to drink but not very flavorful.

Bottle, 500ml. Clear, gold, white head. Aroma has honey, grass, malts and some mild flowers. Taste has some corn and similar flavors as in the aroma. Mild finish.